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Five papers that defined the course of history of neuroscience

Indira M. Raman and David L. Ferster: The Annotated HODGKIN & HUXLEY—A Reader’s Guide, Princeton University Press (2021)

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Zupanc, G.K.H. Five papers that defined the course of history of neuroscience. J Comp Physiol A 208, 517–520 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01558-x

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